Type-holder for stamps.



M. LJWILLARD.

TYPE HOLDER FOR STAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.2. 1915.

1,1 9Ufi97v Patented July 11, 1916.

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- T all whom it may concern:

MAURICE L. WILLARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB. 'IO SUPERIOR TYPE'COM- PANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TYPE-HOLDER FOR STAMPS.

LIOOALWY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July Ill, 1916.

Be it known that I, MAURICE L- WILLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use- I ful Improvements in Type-Holders for Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to type rubber holders, and more particularly to holders for removably retaining individual rubber type in desired relative arrangement in a hand-printing stamp.

It is desirable .in the use of printing stamps that the type should be evenly supported in alinement, so that the letters or numerals of the matter printed by the stamp may be uniform. It is further desirable that a holder should be provided in which the type may be conveniently set up, and which will firmly retain the type without interfering with the ready removal thereof when it is desired to set up other matter in the holder.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a type holder for stamps in whichthe type may be readily set up in uniform alinement, and which will firmly retain the type in their set-up relation, and from which the type may be easily removed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a type holder which will be simple in construction, efficient in use, and inexpensive in manufacture.

My invention will be more fully disclosed hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the same is illustrated and described as embodied in several convenient and practical forms, and, in which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation and view of a hand stamp, a part being broken away for the purpose of clearer illustration. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified form of my invention. Fig. 4 is a similar view of another form of my invention. Fig. 5 is a similar view of still another embodiment of my invention. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing my invention embodied in a form having a plurality of type-holding grooves. Fig. 7 is a perspective view from the underside of one end of the form of my invention shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a type.

Similar reference characters are used to designate similar parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Reference character A indicates a holder, preferably formed of metal bent into ohannel shape, the ends and bottom of the channel being open.

B indicatesa handle secured to the holder A for affording convenience in using the stamp.

C designates a chase preferably formed of resilient material, such as rubber, having therein a channel closed at its ends and open at its bottom. The width of the channel corresponds to the width of the type to be received therein, and the depth of the channel is so related to the height of the type that the type will project below the channel. The lower edges of the chase are substantially flush with the lower edges of the side flanges of the holder, in order that the type may be securely supported within the chase throughout the depth of the channel therein. In other words, the side flanges of the'holder serves to retain the walls of the channel in the chase in engagement with the type, so as to securely support the type when in use.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the chase C is provided with a channel of uniform rectangular cross-section between the walls of which the type D closely fit so as to beheldin proper set-up relation against accidentally falling out of the chase. In order that the type may eX- tend the entire depth of the channel and be uniformly gripped by the side walls thereof, I have found in practice that it is desirable to slightly widen the channel at the top thereof, which may be conveniently done by slightly diverging the side walls thereof, as indicated at c in Fig. 3. In order to more securely retain the type within the chase, I have also found it advantageous to provide the inner supporting walls of the channel with inwardly projecting r1bs. I have shown such a modified form of my invention in Fig. 4, in which C designates the chase, a the divergence along the upper edge of the sidewalls of the channel, and e the inwardly projecting ribs along the mner surfaces of thesupporting walls of the channel. The inwardly. "projecting ribs within the channel may be used with advantage when the supporting wallsof the channel do not diverge along the upper 'ed'g'es",'and Iihave'shown such a modified form of myinvention in Fig. .5. ,Inthis figure, C designates the chase and e a plu I 'ralityof parallel, ribsgprojecting, into the channel from the supporting walls thereof.

7 'My improved rubber type holder is adapted to support a plurality of rows of rubber i 201 are set up in the chase in any desired arrangement. When the number of type is insufiicient to completely fill. the channel lengthwise, the space in the channel not occupied by the type maybe filled by quads, such asindicated atF in Fig. 1. The I'GSllleney of the chase serves to securely retain the type therein, without however interfering with the ready removal of the type when it is'desired to set up other matter in the stamp. The resiliency of the "material of which the chase is formed serves to cushion thetype so that they willbe yield- .ingly supported and thereby produce uniform; impressions, that is the chase forms a cushion support for the type in order that shoul clthey be unevenly arranged in the chase such unevenness will becompensate'd for by tlie yielding of the chase. The ,divergence along the upper edges of the walls forming the type-receiving channel permits the type V to eiitendthe entire depth of the channel, so

thathall of the type will have a uniform projectionbelow the chase; The provision of the inwardly projecting ribs'on the supporting walls of the channel'renders more secure the. retention of the type in the channel.

Fromthe foregoing description it will be observed that I have inventedan improved holder for the type of stamps for printing and marking purposes, by means of which the type are removably held in uniform V alinement, and which permits the type to be readily set up and. easily removed.

I claim l 1. In a stamp forprinting and marking purposes, the combination with a chase having a channel therein the opposing walls of which are made of rubber to receive type between them, the width of said channel being. slightly greater adjacent its top, of a plurality of type removably fitting between the rubber walls of said channel with their upper ends lying within thewidened por= tion of said channel.

2. In a stamp for printing and marking purposes, the combination with a chase havmg a channel therein open at its bottom and formed between parallel rubber walls,"the

walls. of said channel diverging at their said channel from the side walls thereof,

and a plurality of type of a shape to closely fit between the supporting walls of said chgmnel and to be retained therein by said r1 s. I

g 4. In a stamp for printing and marking purposes, the combination with a chase formed of, non-metallic resilient material having a channel therein open at its bottom and formed between parallel walls, the walls of said channel diverging at their upper edges, of ribs projecting into said channel from the side walls thereof, and a plurality of type of a shape to closely fit between the supporting walls of said channel and to be retainedtherein by said ribs.

5.1m a stamp for printing and marking urposes, the combination with a chase f rmeaof rubber material, having a channel therein open at its bottom'and formed between parallel walls, the walls of said channel diverging at their upper edges, of ribs projecting into said channel from the sidewalls thereof, a plurality of type of a shape to closely fit between the supporting walls of said channel and. to be retained therein by said ribs, and a holder within which said chase is supported.

6.In a stamp for printing and marking purposes, a chase formed of resilient material having a type-receiving channel therein open. at its bottom and formed between supporting rubber walls which diverge at their. upper edges. I 7. In a stamp for printing and marking purposes, a chase .formed of non-metallic resilient material having a type-receiving channel therein open at its bottom and formed between walls which diverge at theirupper edges, and ribs projecting inwardly from the side walls of said channel to yieldingly retain the type within the channel and to be retained therein by said 1 channel. ribs.

8. In a stamp for printing and marking In testimony whereof, I have subscribed purposes, the combination with a rubber my name. chase having a channel therein to receive rubber type, of ribs projecting into said MAURICE A channel from the side walls thereof, and a Witnesses: plurality of rubber type of a shape to closely ARTHUR S. AGNEW, fit between the supporting walls of said GEO. L. \VILKINsON.

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